Daily Archives: December 21, 2017

How to Find, Reach Out To, and Work With Influencers (Without Breaking the Bank)

Bill Widmer — December 14, 2017 — December 14, 2017 If there’s one golden rule of marketing, this is it: It doesn’t matter how cool or revolutionary your product, service, or company is. If you’re tooting your own horn and talking about how amazing your stuff is, that’s just… not very compelling. If you have … Continue reading How to Find, Reach Out To, and Work With Influencers (Without Breaking the Bank)

This is the Time of Year for Small Business Customer Information Capture

John Oechsle — December 15, 2017 Follow @hjoech — December 15, 2017 With increased demand, traffic, customer interaction and sales (hopefully!) this holiday season comes a cascade of opportunity for invaluable customer information capture. This is a truly special time of year—and that holiday magic certainly extends to the small business world. Starting with Black … Continue reading This is the Time of Year for Small Business Customer Information Capture

4 Things to Consider When Planning Your 2018 Customer Service Strategy

Robert C. Johnson — December 15, 2017 Follow @TeamSupportCEO — December 15, 2017 geralt / Pixabay Some businesses feel at least a step behind their customers when it comes to customer service. If this is you, don’t panic! You’re not alone and it wasn’t all that long ago when having customers send you emails about … Continue reading 4 Things to Consider When Planning Your 2018 Customer Service Strategy

It’s All About the Reps – 5 Steps to get Your Online Reputation Fighting Fit in 2018

Dan Seavers — December 15, 2017 Follow @TWDanSeavers — December 15, 2017 What’s Your New Year’s Resolution? If it isn’t to improve your business’s reputation, then you’ll join the 43% of executives who believe their online rep is important, but still don’t do anything about it. Stop making excuses! Wokandapix / Pixabay Following our full … Continue reading It’s All About the Reps – 5 Steps to get Your Online Reputation Fighting Fit in 2018

3 Strategies to Make Your Facebook Custom Audiences 3X More Effective

Larry Kim — December 16, 2017 — December 16, 2017 Custom audience targeting is the crown jewel of Facebook Ads. Nothing else in our arsenal of ad targeting weapons comes remotely close to custom audiences in terms of raw ad-targeting power. Sadly, though, most of the Facebook advertiser accounts I audit fail to realize the … Continue reading 3 Strategies to Make Your Facebook Custom Audiences 3X More Effective

Why Animation Works for Technology Business Video

Bruce McKenzie — December 16, 2017 — December 16, 2017 Animation and technology explainers The extensive use of animation in “explainer” videos can be explained by the fact that 2-Minute Explainers originated in 2004 as computer files authored in Flash, a vector-based program widely used for web animation and games. Not “real” video—small file size … Continue reading Why Animation Works for Technology Business Video